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Dairy Days is coming up June 19-20
2+ hour ago (466+ words) SOLDIERS GROVE - With Memorial Day in the rearview mirror, thoughts are turning to the rest of the exciting festival season ahead. On Friday & Saturday, June 19-20, Dairy Days in Soldiers Grove will once again offer local citizens plenty of family-friendly fun....
Board holds organizational meeting
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (506+ words) The School Board of Fennimore Community Schools held their annual organizational meeting, as well as regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 20. The meeting was also the last board meeting before the end of the 2025-26 school year. During the organizational portion…...
SHS Class of 2026 congratulary line
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (64+ words) SWNews4 U Immediately after the Shullsburg High School Class of 2026 commencement ceremony, the graduates lined up outside the high school gymnasium to greet the family and friends who just watched them get their diplomas. During the Shullsburg High School commencement ceremonies…...
Rocky Longmire, 1954-2026
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (127+ words) SWNews4 U Rocky Harlan Longmire, 72, of Readstown, died on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse. He was born on April 24, 1954, in Viroqua, the son of Harlan and Lorraine (Gander) Longmire. Rocky graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1972. On…...
Etc. : 200 and 250
2+ week, 6+ day ago (227+ words) PLATTEVILLE, May 13 " I read a social media observation that the 250th anniversary of our founding seems less of a big deal than the 200th anniversary was. Some might say that the word "semiquincentennial" is harder to say and spell than "bicentennial" was,…...
Board hears report on Highway 171 project
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (401+ words) It was an interesting meeting of the Gays Mills Village Board on Monday, May 4. It all started with welcoming newly elected board member Joe Boland. Boland was elected as a write-in candidate for one of two village trustee seats. Additionally,…...
County supervisors ask transmission line developers tough questions
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (1197+ words) The Crawford County Board of Supervisors heard from Mari Bell 765k V transmission line developers Dairyland Power Cooperative and Grid Liance at their meeting on Tuesday, April 21. The appearance was scheduled in response to an information request resolution passed by the…...
Wheelchair basketball returns to Fennimore
3+ week, 2+ day ago (452+ words) The Mad City Wheelchair Basketball team returned to the gymnasium of Fennimore Middle/High School on Sunday, May 3, for a demo day and exhibition game. The team, which held a similar event in 2023, includes two Fennimore students, Traeson Klais, a…...
Etc. : You're from the '80s!
3+ week, 3+ day ago (671+ words) SWNews4 U PLATTEVILLE, May 6 " Two area high school baseball teams played a nonconference game at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, Thursday. That was not the Major League Baseball-capable stadium under construction on the property. That was the very field…...
Dinner to Grace Your Plate (and dessert too)
3+ week, 3+ day ago (720+ words) A new food option in Platteville offers home cooked meals made with the freshest and finest ingredients. Grace Your Plate serves up food options to the Platteville area as well as delivering to places within 20 miles. The communities of Darlington,…...